Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 13:38:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/vx if_vx.c if_vxreg.h src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC files.i386 Message-ID: <199709221938.NAA02352@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199709221905.NAA02100@rocky.mt.sri.com> References: <199709220647.XAA16869@usr07.primenet.com> <199709221559.JAA17865@pluto.plutotech.com> <199709221905.NAA02100@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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> > Even so, it is probably better to store an absolute tick value regardless > > so that you don't have to perform the subtraction. > > A substraction is *dirt cheap* to do. Finding the element on the list > is much more expensive than the subtraction. Ignore this, I was confused. Of course this is a much better way of doing things than having to subtract every callout during softclock. Nate
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